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Chemically, there's a huge difference between prescription opioids people get from doctors or healthcare professionals and heroin.
At one point, America consumed 78% of the world’s oxycodone.
Drug overdose deaths from prescription opioids increased 6x from 1999 to 2017.
Nearly 80% of heroin users started with prescription opioids.
There’s a ton of misinformation about opioids out there. But chemically, prescription opioids, like Vicodin® & OxyContin®, are similar to heroin. In fact, the National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that nearly 80% of heroin users started with prescription opioid pills. Americans make up less than 5% of the world’s population. But in 2013, we consumed more than three-quarters of the world’s oxycodone.
Knowing more is the first step to facing the epidemic. Share your results w/ friends so they can test their knowledge, too.
There’s a ton of misinformation about opioids out there. But chemically, prescription opioids, like Vicodin® & OxyContin®, are similar to heroin. In fact, the National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that nearly 80% of heroin users started with prescription opioid pills. Americans make up less than 5% of the world’s population. But in 2013, we consumed more than three-quarters of the world’s oxycodone.
Knowing more is the first step to facing the epidemic. Share your results w/ friends so they can test their knowledge, too.
There’s a ton of misinformation about opioids out there. But chemically, prescription opioids, like Vicodin® & OxyContin®, are similar to heroin. In fact, the National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that nearly 80% of heroin users started with prescription opioid pills. Americans make up less than 5% of the world’s population. But in 2013, we consumed more than three-quarters of the world’s oxycodone.
Knowing more is the first step to facing the epidemic. Share your results w/ friends so they can test their knowledge, too.
There’s a ton of misinformation about opioids out there. But chemically, prescription opioids, like Vicodin® & OxyContin®, are similar to heroin. In fact, the National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that nearly 80% of heroin users started with prescription opioid pills. Americans make up less than 5% of the world’s population. But in 2013, we consumed more than three-quarters of the world’s oxycodone.
Knowing more is the first step to facing the epidemic. Share your results w/ friends so they can test their knowledge, too.